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B 



Fig. 217. Larvae of some macrorhamphosoids and some aulostomoids. (A) Macrorhamphosus scolopax. 3.0 mm TL (from Hardy, 1978a, 

 after Sparta, 1936); (B) Centriscidae. 2.7 mm (from Leis and Rennis. 1983); (C) Fistularia petimba. 7.08 mm (from Mito, 1961a). 



1961), syngnathids (most notably D'Ancona, 1 933c; Nakamura, 

 1937; Takai and Mizokami, 1959; James, 1970; Russell, 1976; 

 Dawson et al., 1979), macrorhamphosids (D'Ancona, 1933d; 

 Sparta, 1936; Mohr, 1937), centriscids (Mohr, 1937; Leis and 



Rennis, 1983) and F/5n//ana (Jungersen, 1910; Delsman, 1921; 

 Mito, 1961a; Leis and Rennis, 1983). Larvae have not been 

 described for Hypoplychus and Aulostoinus. 

 Osteological development has not been studied for most gas- 



Table 106. Meristic Characters for Families of the Gasterosteiformes (adapted from Pietsch, 1978b). 



